Litter issues
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Bespoke Litter Bins
The Environment Committee agreed to have 3 bespoke litter bins installed on the Quayside. The installation of the bins took place on Wednesday 8 September 2021.
The designs depict the maritime theme of Blyth and complement the maritime seats which are situated alongside.
The designs were hand crafted by Blyth Bespoke Fabrication.
Litter Bin Update - May 2020
On the back of recent public requests we have installed new large litter bins at Meggie’s Burn and Plessey Road (Golf Course Track).
These areas have become increasingly popular as more people are exercising during the COVID-19 period particularly.
Please use the litter bins and let’s keep Blyth clean and green
We have also received many requests for a litter bin along the pathway at Isabella Heap.
A 90L bin has been installed to action this request. We hope this will be of benefit to everyone.
Litter is a huge problem and despite all the efforts of the Partnership Team we are fighting a constant battle, but we will continue to try ways to control the amount of litter in our streets.
An audit of litter bins was undertaken by Town Council Officers during April/May 2018. All bins have been re-numbered with a ward-specific ID number to make identification of problem areas easier and for residents to report any problem
We now have 121 Post Mounted Bins within Blyth, and 327 Ground Mounted bins, with an overall total of 448 bins managed by Blyth Town Council within the Town.
Where constant reports of full or overflowing bins have been received these have been replaced with higher capacity models. Officers have met with colleagues in the Northumberland County Council Neighbourhood Team to look at the route for emptying bins and changes have been made to accommodate areas where bins require emptying more frequently.
A problem that frequently occurs is that cigarettes are stubbed out on top of a bin and left there as people may be worried that they set rubbish on fire in the bin if they put their cigarette butt in there. This means that the butts get blown off the bin and this causes a problem. Any new stock that is ordered is a model fitted with an ashtray. Enquires have been made to see if an ashtray can be fitted to existing older bins but, unfortunately, this isn’t possible. We would like to encourage people to put their cigarettes out properly and use the bin. New stickers will go on bins and on seats where people tend to drop their cigarettes.
Environmental Enforcement Officer
Blyth Town Council has Enforcement Officers who work 5 days a week throughout Blyth. If you have any issues regarding litter, fly tipping please don’t hesitate to get in touch at info@blythtowncouncil.gov.uk or call us on 01670 361668 and we will immediately pass the information onto them.
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Great British Spring Clean 2019
The Town Council and other groups organised litter picks throughout the town as part of the Great British Spring Clean campaign which is from 22 March until 23 April.
Litter picks will continue to be organised after the campaign by the recently formed Bloom group. If you’d like to get involved in litter picks or other activities organised by the group please contact Alison at Blyth Town Council.
We have had five litter picks as part of the campaign:
Blyth Town Council - Town Centre - Saturday 23 March 2019
A nice day for a litter pick - a bit windy but not too bad. A great turn-out of 23 people so we split into groups to cover the Town Centre and Plessey Road going down Stanley, Beaconsfield and Union Streets onto Waterloo Road. We collected 28 bags of rubbish. Back to Olivers Bar for refreshments (not beer!) organised by owner Paul Stephenson who also took part in the litter pick (until he left to put the kettle on). Photos are in the gallery.
Buffalo Community Centre (Cowpen Quay Community Association - Cowpen Quay Area - Monday 25 March 2019
Another brilliant turn-out of 26 people which included some of the young people who attend the Youth Club. We picked on Regent Street, the streets behind the Community Centre and around Morrison’s car park and collected 18 bags of rubbish - and an empty suitcase - not bad for an hour’s work! Photos of the pick are in the gallery.
Blyth Town Council/Isabella Community Association - Pit Heap - Wednesday 3 April 2019
Not the best day - the weather had taken a turn for the worse and we woke up to snow but 7 of us braved the elements. We agreed to pick around the path and bridge area where there was a lot of litter in the bushes. The weather brightened and it wasn’t too bad for a while but we decided to cut the pick short at 11.30 am and head back to the Centre before we got any wetter. Alan Fryer (Isabella Centre) went to get the wheelbarrow to transport some of the 18 bags of rubbish that had been collected - we managed to carry the rest. Thank you to the gentleman walking past who carried one of the bags. Thank you to Kelly at the Centre’s cafe for the butties, tea and coffee. Only two rain-blurred photos of the group in the gallery for this one - and one of the litter when it stopped raining!
Litter Picks 2018
Blyth Town Centre Litter Pick
After the ‘Spring Clean’ everyone was keen to do another litter pick and we decided to concentrate on the Town Centre. The litter pick was held on 10 June and we enjoyed much better weather than the last time!! We were also joined by some new ‘pickers’ who were very welcome! Again, it was all back to Olivers Bar for tea and coffee. Click here to view some of the photos (Opens in a new window).
Great British Spring Clean
After having to cancel the litter pick due to snow we eventually got out with our litter picking sticks on Saturday 17 March 2018. A huge thank you to everyone who took part - it turned out to be a lovely morning!! Special thanks to Paul Stephenson, of Olivers Bar for hosting the refreshments afterwards. Click here to view some pictures.
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